Analysis of The Diary Of Anne Frank
The Diary Of Anne Frank gives details of the movements of the Van Dann's family.
The family hides from place to place, to avoid being arrested by the Gestapo.
It is an offence for a Jew not to identify himself with the 'Star of David'. And they all do.
The troubles of the Van Dann's family continues until they are arrested and sent to a concentration camp.
Various methods are employed to murder the Jews: shooting, gas chambers. Others are used as guinea pigs for experiments in laboratories.
Anne Frank and other family members perish in the camp. Her diary is picked and handed over to her father, who survived the Holocaust.
| Scheme | XX X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010011110110101011100 0100111111011001010010 111110111010011011100111 0101011100010011101001100101 10010101110011011010111101101000100 110101001010001010011010101010101010 |
| Characters | 635 |
| Words | 121 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 84 |
| Words per line (avg) | 19 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
During the Second World War (1939-1945), an eighteen-year-old Jewish girl keeps a diary of her family's troubles with the Gestapo, until the family is caught and sent to a concentration camp, where she perishes with her family. Her diary is picked up and handed over to her father who survived the War. The Diary Of Anne Frank is translated into above 16 languages.
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